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= Introduction = = This WebQuest was desig​ned for students exploring endangered animals on the earth in elementary schools in ​Victoria in the year of 2010. In order to complet this WebQuest, students are suggested to spend a period of approximate 4 weeks and to use the links given below each task or the resources listed in the Credits page. It could involve researches, painting and drawing, hands-on activities, technical skills, collaboration, creation and so forth. = = In this WebQuest, students will be actively engaged through ICT to extend their knowledge about a great range of endangered animals in each continent, create a song about caring for animals, research and produce a report on a chosen endangered animal. = = = = Overview = = Topic: Animals in Danger of Extinction = = Grade Levels: Year 5-6 = = VELS Level: Level 4 = = Key Learning Areas: English, Maths, the Arts and ICT = = = = Learning Outcomes and Curriculum Standards ​= =This WebQuest is aimed to working for Grade 5 or 6 outcomes and were derived from the [|Victorian Essential Learning Standards] document. It integrates various VELS subject matters, for instance, English, Maths, Humanities, Science, the Arts, and ICT. The curriculum standards include:=

Domain: The arts Creating and making** Students independently and collaboratively experiment with and apply a range of skills, techniques and processes using a range of media, materials, equipment and technologies to plan, develop, refine, make and present arts works. They investigate a range of sources to generate ideas and manipulate arts elements, principles and/or conventions in a range of arts disciplines and forms as they explore the potential of ideas.
 * Strand: Discipline-based learning

Reading** Students read, interpret and respond to a wide range of literary,everyday and media texts in print and in multimodal formats.They describe how texts are constructed for particular purposes. Students produce, in print and electronic forms, a variety of texts for different purposes using structures and features of language appropriate to the purpose, audience and context of the writing. They begin to use simple figurative language and visual images. Students plan, rehearse and make presentations for different purposes. They sustain a point of view and provide succinct accounts of personal experiences or events.They adjust their speaking to take account of context, purpose and audience, and vary tone, volume and pace of speech to create or emphasise meaning.
 * Domain: English
 * Writing**
 * Speaking and spelling**

Working mathematically** Students recognise and investigate the use of mathematics in real situation.
 * Domain: Mathematics

Science at work** Students analyse a range of science-related local issues and describe the relevance of science to their own and other people’s lives. They explain how sustainable practices have been developed and/or are applied in their local environment. They describe the contributions Australian scientists have made to improve and/or change science knowledge. They design and build simple models and write an account of the science that is central to explanation of the model. They use diagrams and symbols to explain procedures used when reporting on their investigations.
 * Domain: Science

Domain: Information and communications technology ICT for visualising thinking** Students apply ICT tools and techniques to represent and explore processes, patterns and cause-and-effect relationships. Students use ICT tools and techniques that support the organisation and analysis of concepts, issues and ideas and that allow relationships to be identified and inferences drawn from them.
 * Strand: Interdisciplinary learning